Shoniqua Shandai Instagram – A few weeks ago, God pulled me from my living room onto the Apollo Music Café stage. I went from being terrified to perform three minutes in February to performing six times this year 🔥🔥🔥🔥🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🔥 And closing it out with my own creation that blended music, monologue, and artistic therapy.
I healed with this show. I grew with this show. I became more free. My faith expanded. This experience changed me, and I’m forever grateful.
Thank you to @iamdwightjordan for sliding in my DMs and blessing me with the opportunity to open the @apollotheater Music Café series this year. What an honor it’s been. ♥️
So much love to the incredible team who helped bring this to life:
📸 Photographer: @jcoleshotit
🎥 Videographer: @filmedbydame
🎶 Background arrangement & my Big Brother @juslevytation
🎹 Music director & producer: @jdelonmusic
🎤 Phenomenal singers: @ahmadartist_ @therealkimara
💼 Music manager: @alaishablessed
💇🏾♀️ Hair: @deetrannybear
👗 Dress (made within 24 hours!): @angelayalacouture
🌻✨ Publicist: @nianawill
💎 @bevysmith Thank you for blessing the night with your grace, humor, and power. ♥️♥️
To everyone who attended, supported, and poured love into this night… thank you. This moment lives in my heart forever.
“Dreams are real. All you have to do is just believe.” – Ashanti
If this is the beginning, I can’t wait to see what else is in store. 🚀🙏🏾
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